Planning appeal decision
Mendips, Liverpool Road, Neston, Cheshire West and Chester, CH64 7TN
Planning appeal 3345359 at Mendips, Liverpool Road, Neston, Cheshire West and Chester, CH64 7TN (Cheshire West and Chester) was dismissed on 30 September 2024 by Inspector Hartley S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether condition No. 1 of planning permission Ref: 23/03237/S73 is reasonable and necessary.
Single garage extension – removal of condition 4 (permitted development) of planning permission 17/02429/FUL
- Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Hartley S
- Postcode
- CH64 7TN
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether condition No. 1 of planning permission Ref: 23/03237/S73 is reasonable and necessary
What decided it
The approved garage extension represented a disproportionate addition to an already considerably enlarged property in the Green Belt, making the removal of permitted development rights for Classes A and E a necessary and clearly justified condition to safeguard openness.
What the Inspector cited
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 54Paragraph 56
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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